Defendere

Lat. In old pleading. To defend or deny. Petrus venit et defendit cartam, quod nunquam facta fuit per Petrum de Goldinffton; Peter comes and defends [denies] the charter, that it was never made by Peter de Goldington.

Placit, Abbrev. cited Steph. PI, (Am. ed. 1824), Appendix, Note (79).

Venit et defendit omnem fe Umiam; comes and defends all the felony. Bract fol.

138 b.

Veniunt et defendunt vim et injuriam; come and defend the force and injury. Id. fol.

67 b.

Si negaverit et crimen defenderit; if he deny and defend the crime or accusation. Id, fol.

137.

Si dicaty defendo donum et char tarn, tune oportei tenentem prohare utrunque; if he say " I defend the gift and the charter," then the tenant must prove both. Id, fol.

214 b.

To defend, in the modern sense. Defendere se per corpus suum; to defend himself by his own body; to offer the duel or combat as a legal trial. Bract, fol.

133 b.

Se defendat^r corpus, vel per patriam; he may defend himself by his body or by the country. Id, ibid.

See Id. fol, 146, 151.